Definitions for actress
ˈæk trɪsac·tress

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. actressnoun

   a female actor

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1. actressnoun

   A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).

2. actressnoun

   A female actor on the stage or in films.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Actressnoun

   a female actor or doer

   Etymology: [Cf. F. actrice.]

2. Actressnoun

   a female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part

   Etymology: [Cf. F. actrice.]

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'actress' in Nouns Frequency: #2541

Anagrams for actress »

1. casters

2. recasts

How to pronounce actress?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of actress in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of actress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of actress in a Sentence

1. Eva Longoria:

   Huffman's lawyers argued that the sentencing guidelines in those cases were much higher and reserved for the mastermind of schemes, not mere participants. Prosecutors, meanwhile, had argued that universities and testing companies were the victims of the schemes, and the amount that parents paid should correspond to the penalties' severity.But US Probation and Pretrial Services, which prepares pre-sentence investigation reports for each defendant, has argued overall, that the universities and testing companies suffered no monetary harm, and the price of the parents' bribes is therefore not relevant to any sentences. Actress Felicity Huffman loved ones wrote letters of support to the judgeMacy and other loved ones submitted letters to Judge Indira Talwani on Huffman's behalf, pleading for leniency. Each letter outlined Huffman's loyalty and commitment to the writer — an attempt to show Actress Felicity Huffman role in the admissions scam was an outlier in Actress Felicity Huffman life. Macy also shed some light on the immediate aftermath of Huffman's early morning arrest by the FBI in March.Two days after the arrest, Macy wrote, their eldest daughter was headed for an audition at a school she had her heart set on — one that didn't require SAT scores. But when Actress Felicity Huffman got off the plane, the school emailed Actress Felicity Huffman, formally rescinding its audition invitation because of the scandal. Eva Longoria and other celebrities write letters of support for actress Felicity Huffman ahead of Eva Longoria sentencingMacy wrote Eva Longoria and other celebrities daughter.

2. Jason Alexander:

   The actress (Heidi Swedberg) is this wonderful girl, and … I love her! i couldn’t figure out how to play off of her. Her instincts for doing a scene — where the comedy was — and mine were always misfiring.

3. Jessica Jones:

   The only thing we couldn't do was drop f-bombs, which we wanted to, one of the things that's unique about this character is that( Ritter) is not afraid as an actress, and Marvel as a studio, to let her make some stupid-ass decisions, to be wrong, to look ugly as a character.

4. Brendan Tighe:

   Another actress, Erika Christensen, had to disconnect from Scarlett Johansson because it didn’t go well. That was in that report.

5. Tiffany Haddish:

   [The actress] touched Jay-Z’s chest and Beyonc came walking up like…’b----!’ But, she didn’t say that, but her demeanor, her body from the way she walked up on them said, ‘Get your hands off my man’s chest.'.

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